CBCP: Santacruzan no fashion show, beauty contest
Remember the religious roots of the Santacruzan and the Flores de Mayo. Do not turn them into beauty pageants and fashion shows.
Remember the religious roots of the Santacruzan and the Flores de Mayo. Do not turn them into beauty pageants and fashion shows.
June is almost over, and I suddenly realize that May came and went and I never saw a Santacruzan.
The Filipino’s devotion to the Sto. Niño or the Holy Child knows no bounds. Since Juan Camus, a Spanish soldier belonging to the troop of Miguel Adelantado de Legazpi, discovered the image on April 28, 1565 in a rundown house (where the Basilica de Sto. Niño now stands), the devotion has only grown and is still growing after 450 years.
I was poaching an egg for breakfast and remembered where it came from. A nice man on a wheelchair, who hails from Bacolod, handed me a tray of 30 Grade A eggs during Apolinario Mabini’s Birthday Parade—to keep the rain away.
This year’s National Heritage Month celebration will focus on the traditional Santacruzan and Flores de Maria.
Once more, the Quota International of Cebu staged its annual Santacruzan, this time at The Terraces of Ayala Center, last May 12, a Saturday. The fund-raising event was for the benefit of hearing- and speech-impaired children, three daycare centers, and various projects with disadvantaged women and children.
It’s May, it’s May, the lusty month of May. Some sing “the merry month of May.” Whatever, it is the month of flowers and fiestas in the Philippines.
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